I love heading to the studio in the morning. I walk, put my earphones on and listen to a podcast (do you know of any good ones?) cross my neighborhood, Washington Square Park and then Soho – and here I am.

What’s fun is that super often, a few minutes before getting there, I see my friend Laura – also on her way to work.
I’m always inspired by her outfits.

Hi Garance – I also love my morning commute, cycle to the city, walk to my fave coffee shop for a takeaway coffee and granola and finally get the tram . I love listening to my favourite podcast Rich Roll who has a weekly podcast on health, wellbeing and general life coaching stuff with his wife Julie Piatt. Such a chilled out time in the morning.Jill xo

Podcasts…..anything from Radio Nova : http://www.novaplanet.com they are brilliant and IMO the best radio station in the world if you like to discover new sounds

and also , anything from the BBC…..from nature podcasts to politics to jazz to classic , all the time , all day long…..brain food
I personally would be scared to walk around NY with my earphones on….get run over by a bike ?
…….those City Bikes are dangerous to pedestrianshttp://www.fashionsphinx.com

My favourite thing to listen to is the Totally Laime podcast – it’s American, hosted by Elizabeth Laime with special guest stars each week who work in comedy and all kinds of creative industries. There are also two spin-off podcasts, which I also love – Totally Married (about relationships which Elizabeth does with her music producer husband, Andy Rosen) and Totally Mommy (about parenting). Really hilarious, honest and has a lot of heart. Check them out!

-Snap Judgement: a great storytelling podcast
-RadioLab: also storytelling, but with a more investigative bent, often related to science
-99% Invisible: talks about things related to architecture and design in an interesting way
-Big Picture Science: an amazing podcast that delves into interesting science-related matters. They talk to experts and ask great questions (if you can’t tell, I love the science stuff).

i love audio books and subscribe to audible. my current favorite is ‘the elephant whisperer’, it’s the personal memoir of a conservationist who accepts a troublesome herd of wild elephants. the story is compelling and the narrator’s voice is gorgeous.

I love this. I have the same experience when I am walking to work in soho. Whenever I run into a friend on my way it gives me this since of neighborhood that makes NYC really feel like home. I love that in such a big city small encounters with people happen all the time.

I second Panos recommendation — WTF with Marc Maron. His interviews are in depth and fascinating with comedians, actors, musicians. You have to get past his long intros and grumpy style but they’re worth it. And I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Fresh Air with Terry Gross. I also download “NPR: All Songs Considered” podcast to catch up on new tunes somewhat outside the mainstream.

Love the outfits and the photos!
I discovered this great podcast called The Moth on NPR recently . It features different people each time telling their true life stories in front of a live audience. It’s super interesting !

Podcasts: Even though I live in France, I couldn’t survive without my NPR podcasts:
Planet Money: economics made simple
Fresh Air: Terry Gross talks with people about a million interesting and timely topics
TED Radio Hour: Distillations of TED talks (I also subscribe to actual TED talks), to give you an idea about what’s 10 steps down the road.
This American Life: Unfailingly interesting stories about life.

Love Laura’s effortless style. I feel like lately it’s been getting harder and harder to look good walking to work with NYC’s sweltering humidity. Makes me end up opting for the bus instead of walking even though I don’t live very far away from work.

I walk to work as well (takes around 30 min) and it is a lovely way to start the day!

What industry does Laura work in?

I am a lawyer and her outfits, while nice, would not pass for work wear any day of the week. It is always a big dilemma for me in summer about whether to walk to work in work-out gear and get changed into a suit at work (involves lots of planning and bringing clothes) or whether to walk to work wearing work clothes (due to the heat if I walk in wearing work clothes the clothes are much more summery – no sleeves or stockings etc)

My podcasts i listen to while on an L.A. freeway, A Prairie Home Companion. http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/
they’re celebrating their 40th anniversary of being on the air. Its an old-time variety show that celebrates live performance. And The Moth Hourhttp://themoth.org/. Live and true storytelling by sometimes famous and sometimes not famous people who must tell their interesting tale without notes.

So glad you asked about podcasts because I love to listen to them myself AND to suggest them to my friends… and you and I are friends, No? Here’s a list of what I (more of a science/history/book/film/style fan) listen to regularly… in no particular order.

StarTalk Radio – mostly physics but done for laymen.
Science Fantastic with Michio Kaku
Radiolab
Freakonomics
Stuff you missed in History class
Fresh Air (an NPR interview show)
Hardcore History – superb show
This American Life
Snap Judgement
World Book Club
The Treatment – interviews with mostly film makers
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio